Internet Providers Say No More Spam

By 23 Newsroom&nbsp|&nbsp

Posted: Wed 4:15 PM, Mar 10, 2004&nbsp|&nbsp

Updated: Wed 4:15 PM, Mar 10, 2004

Some of us may think of it as a type of bullying, that is, getting hundreds of unwanted e-mails.

One group is not taking it anymore. The major Internet providers are teaming up against spam. They're filing lawsuits against hundreds of people accused of sending millions of unwanted e-mails in violation of a new federal law.

Microsoft, Yahoo, AOL and Earthlink are filing suits. The companies say the defendants include some of the nation's most notorious large-scale spammers.

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